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EPG Echo, July 15, 1943

EPG Echo, July 15, 1943, Front Page

Volume I Erie Proving Ground, LaCarne, Ohio 15 July 1943 Issue 7
WD Authorizes Cash Awards For Suggestions
War Department Civilian
Personnel regulations just
received authorize the awarding of
from $5 to $250
for employee suggestions which result in improvement or economy in operations within the War Department.
Under these regulations
any Civil Service employee
of EPG will be eligible to receive an
award for a suggestion adopted on or
after
June 1943.
In order ito facilitate
the operation of a suggestion system, boxes are being installed in the vicinity of each time clock
and suitable forms
will be on
hand at each location.
By 1 August it is
expected that all local
arrangements will be complete and
that the actual processing
of suggestions will begin.
The local plan was submitted to the Personnel Advisory Board for approval
yesterday and final details
will be announced in the
next ECHO.
In general, when the Commanding Officer authorizes
adoption of a suggestion,
the employee will be notified of the amount of the
initial award and payment
will follow. Adoption will
consist of actually placing
the suggestion in effect.
Suggestions worthy of
further recognition will be
forwarded to the War Department Board on Civilian Award
for review and possible additional reward.
EPG Soldiers Give Free Jeep Rides To Boys
Typical of the service EPG's military personnel is rendering in
Bond drives and patriotic rallies sponsored in Ohio cities was the
response for artillery exhibitions and soldier contingents to Bellevue
on 4 July and Medina on 5 July.
Two officers and 10 enlisted men with artillery and jeeps l
from here to participate in parades and displays in those cities.
The EPG detail of soldiers and officers bivouacked near Medina Sunday night and were guests of the Medina War Bond committee for Monday's noon meal, and of the YWCA of Medina at a chicken picnic supper.
Soldiers report they ate chicken until it "popped out of their ears."
Maj. H. J. Worst and Lt. D. E. Yeagley were in charge of the expedition. Enlisted men, from the EPG Quartermaster Detachment, on the two-day trip were T/Sgt. A. J. Weit, T/Sgt. L. P. Bentley, Sgt. C. H. Adams, Sgt. W. L. Franc, Sgt. R. Gilliam, Cpl. C. W. DeTemple, Cpl. C. C. Small, Pfc. E. R. Bader, Pfc. C. J. Berly, and Pvt. A. L. Cueva. T/Sgt. Weit and Pfc. Berly are in the above picture.
Civilian Clubs Name Officers
Bulletin - An EPG Field Day
sponsored by the Post Civilian
Clubs, will be held in August.
Pat Barrett, EOD, is chairman of
Officers for the Control Board
of the EPG Civilian Clubs, elected just as the ECHO was going to
press, are: Rupert Pearce, president: Thelma Paul, vice-president;
William Fields, secretary; and
Marian King, treasurer.
Officers for five area civilian
clubs
for EPG employees were
named last week. Schedules of
events for the different groups
will be set-up as soon as officers work out organization details. Officers are:
Fremont area: Sherman Weisheit, president; Mildred Gavitt, vice president; Anna Rose Rich,
secretary; T. Ward Potts, treasurer.
Oak Harbor area: Rupert Pearce,
president; Robert Blose, vice-president; Ruth Ranch, secretary;Jack Wade, Jr. , treasurer.
Gibsonburg area; Harold Bork,
president; Eve Williams, vice-
president; Thelma Paul, secretary;
Jean Johnson, treasurer.
Port Clinton: Patrick Barrett,
president; Marian King, vice president; Lois Brown, secretary; Ray Snider, treasurer.
Toledo area: Robert Howe, president; William Fields, vice president; Emma Doris Roberts, secretary; Lloyd Carr, treasurer.

Volume I Erie Proving Ground, LaCarne, Ohio 15 July 1943 Issue 7
WD Authorizes Cash Awards For Suggestions
War Department Civilian
Personnel regulations just
received authorize the awarding of
from $5 to $250
for employee suggestions which result in improvement or economy in operations within the War Department.
Under these regulations
any Civil Service employee
of EPG will be eligible to receive an
award for a suggestion adopted on or
after
June 1943.
In order ito facilitate
the operation of a suggestion system, boxes are being installed in the vicinity of each time clock
and suitable forms
will be on
hand at each location.
By 1 August it is
expected that all local
arrangements will be complete and
that the actual processing
of suggestions will begin.
The local plan was submitted to the Personnel Advisory Board for approval
yesterday and final details
will be announced in the
next ECHO.
In general, when the Commanding Officer authorizes
adoption of a suggestion,
the employee will be notified of the amount of the
initial award and payment
will follow. Adoption will
consist of actually placing
the suggestion in effect.
Suggestions worthy of
further recognition will be
forwarded to the War Department Board on Civilian Award
for review and possible additional reward.
EPG Soldiers Give Free Jeep Rides To Boys
Typical of the service EPG's military personnel is rendering in
Bond drives and patriotic rallies sponsored in Ohio cities was the
response for artillery exhibitions and soldier contingents to Bellevue
on 4 July and Medina on 5 July.
Two officers and 10 enlisted men with artillery and jeeps l
from here to participate in parades and displays in those cities.
The EPG detail of soldiers and officers bivouacked near Medina Sunday night and were guests of the Medina War Bond committee for Monday's noon meal, and of the YWCA of Medina at a chicken picnic supper.
Soldiers report they ate chicken until it "popped out of their ears."
Maj. H. J. Worst and Lt. D. E. Yeagley were in charge of the expedition. Enlisted men, from the EPG Quartermaster Detachment, on the two-day trip were T/Sgt. A. J. Weit, T/Sgt. L. P. Bentley, Sgt. C. H. Adams, Sgt. W. L. Franc, Sgt. R. Gilliam, Cpl. C. W. DeTemple, Cpl. C. C. Small, Pfc. E. R. Bader, Pfc. C. J. Berly, and Pvt. A. L. Cueva. T/Sgt. Weit and Pfc. Berly are in the above picture.
Civilian Clubs Name Officers
Bulletin - An EPG Field Day
sponsored by the Post Civilian
Clubs, will be held in August.
Pat Barrett, EOD, is chairman of
Officers for the Control Board
of the EPG Civilian Clubs, elected just as the ECHO was going to
press, are: Rupert Pearce, president: Thelma Paul, vice-president;
William Fields, secretary; and
Marian King, treasurer.
Officers for five area civilian
clubs
for EPG employees were
named last week. Schedules of
events for the different groups
will be set-up as soon as officers work out organization details. Officers are:
Fremont area: Sherman Weisheit, president; Mildred Gavitt, vice president; Anna Rose Rich,
secretary; T. Ward Potts, treasurer.
Oak Harbor area: Rupert Pearce,
president; Robert Blose, vice-president; Ruth Ranch, secretary;Jack Wade, Jr. , treasurer.
Gibsonburg area; Harold Bork,
president; Eve Williams, vice-
president; Thelma Paul, secretary;
Jean Johnson, treasurer.
Port Clinton: Patrick Barrett,
president; Marian King, vice president; Lois Brown, secretary; Ray Snider, treasurer.
Toledo area: Robert Howe, president; William Fields, vice president; Emma Doris Roberts, secretary; Lloyd Carr, treasurer.